The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-01
pArpER IMMIGRANTS.
Eighty.four Ericted Just Sent Over IN one
yGFf Ship by tho British Government, fSfSf

ESicted Just Sent Over In Ono
ship by the British Government, $$S
Philadelphia Record, Aay %,
Elghty.iour Irish enigrantr were de.
aimed on the Allen Line steamer scandi.
navian yesterday because they could not
Immigration Inspector John Rod.
gers that their cases did not come under
tho act Of Congress prohibiting the land.
Ing Of paupers on American soil. The
Scandinavian made fast 10 Christian street
wharf early yesterday morning, and the
COO other. emigrantt on board were able 10
pass q Batiaiactory examination, and were
allowed 10 land and procesdb On their jour.
ney. The passage Of those detained was
paid by the English Government. All
were poor not being able to show over
$40 In possession Of the entire party, and
mono would give gatiaiactory assurance
that they would not become public
charges. They were ticketed 10 points In
the West, none OF them having friends In
Philadelphia, but all claiming to have rel.
atives awaiting their arrival.
All the families were from the vicinity
Of Westport, q Bmah seaport on the west.
ern coast Of Ireland, In the county Mayo.
The men wero farmers and had worked
small tracts OF land owned by William
Pike, OF the Parish OF Ackel; Sir George
0'Donnell, Of Newport; James Victor
Kennedy and James Palmer, OF Brizool.
They had recently been eyicted through
inability to pay rent, and while they re-
NAMED on the Green Isle were forced to
live with neighbors. The men Say that
some months ago they were approached
by a stranger who represented himaelt IS
an agent ofIthe English Government, and
who offered to pay their passage to any
city In America II they could get u letter
from relatives or friends asking them to
come. This they Immediately set about
accomplishing, and when the Scandinavia.
an called at Galway, men, women and
children to the number OF ~eighly.iour
were ready to be shipped to this country.
They had secured the letters and given
them to the agent, who paid their pass.
age. These letters, which were evidence
that the families had iritnds in America
to receive them, and could not DO consid.
cred as paupers, were retained on the 9th.
or side.
The emigrants were lounging about the
deck oil the steamer yesterday and were
indignant at not being permitted to pro-
coed to their destinations. They were Ill
clad and showed in their looks the
poverty they had been forced to endure.
The stories they tell OF hardships. the
difficulty experienced in securing enough
money to pay rent, aud their final CIVIC
ton from the miserable novels that had
given many OF them shelter since birth
were pitiful to listen to. They talked OF
their condition willingly, and attributed
1t to the cupidity and neglect Of tho land.
lords.
One Of their number, Michael Hester,
spoke intelligently Of the present state oil
Ireland. "1he land ia exhausted" he
said, sand needs fertilizing. This the
tenants are unable to do. American meal
and flour are being shipped to Ireland in
great quantities and are hurting the price
Of Jul oats. Some years ago VIZ would
get as high IS s shillings O l00-weight FOL
osts, while last year it sold for 3 shlllings,
All the mills in our neighborhood ore
stopped. / worked for the past twenty.
seven years OF the trade, but could no
longer get work"
Con Shields, a tottering old man Of so
years, tells a pitiful story OF how himself,
wife and eight soldiers were eyicted by
two hundred children, constabulary and
police. BE praised the work OF the 1rieh
National League, which, he said, compels
neighbors to give shelter to eyicted tea.
ants, reirnbursing them for their service.
The matter has been referred to the
Board Of Immigration Commissioners,
who will visit the steamer to-day and de-
eide whether the people shall be returned
to Ireland by the Scandinavian.